Insole.



W. STUOKI.

INSOLB. APPLICATION FILED mum, 1913.

1,1 06,986, Patented Aug. 11, 1914.

l TTORAEX UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE:

WILLY s'rticxr, or BIEL, SWITZERLAND, assrenon. 'ro KUNG, SIGG & cm, orBIEL, swrrznnnann, a rum.

INSOLE.

Specification of Letters Iatent.

Patented Aug. 11, 1914.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLY S'rticm, residing at Biel, Switzerland, haveinvented certain new and useful 'Im rovements in Insoles, of which thefollowlng is a full, clear, and exact description, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

This invention relates to insoles for boots and shoes.

One of the objects thereof is to provide a neat and effective insoledurably pervious to air.

Another object is to rovide an insole of the above character whlch willnot deteriorate in the presence of moisture.

Other ob ects will be in art obvious and in part pointed out hereina r.

The invention accordingly consists of the features of construction andarrangement of parts which will be exemplified in the constructionhereinafter set forth and the scope of the application of which will beindicated in the appended claim. V

In the accompanying drawings wherein is shown a preferred embodiment ofthe invention:-F1gure 1 is a bottom plan view of an insole, showing thewire webbing broken away at the heel to disclose the upper layer ofcoarse fibrous webbing; Fig. 2 is an enlarged and exaggerated transversesection on line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Similar reference characters refer to similar parts throughout thedrawings and specification.

As conducing "to a clearer understandin of the present invention, it mayhere be noted that insoles as usually constructed consist of a textureof soft vegetable or animal matter. With such textures it has beenfound, in practice, that the considerable pressure and moisture to whichthe insoles are submitted have the effect, after a little use, of somatting the material together as to render the same practicallyimpervious to air and thus greatly to diminish the warmth of the insoleand to render the same unsanitary. Insoles made in accordance with thepresent invention avoid, this disadvantage and remain fresh andsanitary.

Referring to the drawing, the insole is ,material bein dicated by 1 andcomprises a layeror body of relatively 'fine wire webbing or fabric 2surrounded by a binding of linen or other suitable tape 3, which whenthe article is worn serves to protect both the interior of the shoe andthe stocking of the wearer from the raw edges of the metal fabric.binding is secured to the said fabric as by stitching 4'. The metalfabric used is pre covered steel wire may be employed or, in fact, anymetal fabric. havin sufiicient resistance to pressure and not a ected bymoisture. It is to be understood that the insole if it should bepreferred, may consist of more than one layer of metal fabric withoutdeparting from the scope of this invention. It is also desirable tocover one or both sides of the metal fabric with a coarse-fibrous fabricor webbing, such as jute or hem as indicated at 5, which cover is securebeneath the binding 3 as shown. The cover 5'should be as thin as ispracticable and coarse meshed. Y

In use the insole is worn in the usual manner within the boot or shoe,the coarse fibrous next the foot of the wearer. From the oregoing itwill be seen. that this invention is one well adapted to attain all theends and objects herelnbefore mentioned in a thoroughly practical andhygienic manner and that as the fabric used is tfilllltfi thin theinsole will not inconvenience t e wearer by crowdin the foot.

What is claimed an what is desired to be secured by United StatesLetters Patent is An insole comprising a body portion consisting of buttwo' layers having difierent hysical characteristics, one of said layersbeing composed of a metal fabric substantially non-corrodible byperspiration, and the other thereof, of coarse meshed fibrous material.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature,

in the-presence of two'witnesses.

' WILLY STUOKI. Witnesses:

W. CAUZ, X. FIsrxNU'rr.

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